Name: Papaya Juice
Ingredients: 1 ripe papaya (small); 2 cups Orange Juice 500ml; 1/4-1/2 cup Lime Juice to taste 60-125ml; sugar to taste; water for desired consistency (8-10 cups)

Why it works: Papaya and lime share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 91 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Papaya Juice

Ingredients

1 ripe papaya (small)
2 cups Orange Juice 500ml
1/4-1/2 cup Lime Juice to taste 60-125ml
sugar to taste
water for desired consistency (8-10 cups)

Directions

Prepare

Wash hands and collect all ingredients and equipment.
Wash papaya, peel and remove seeds.

Make and serve

Grate, mash and pass through a sieve or use a blender.
Add 2 cups orange juice and lime juice.
Sweeten to taste, chill and serve.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

122Calories

2 gProtein

0 gFat

31 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 5 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Orange	1 medium (131g)	62
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Papaya	not in our table	0
Water	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

Recipe from the Recipes Wiki (Fandom).

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Papaya + limetop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together91 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Orange + limetop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together937 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Papaya + orangetop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together49 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).
Orange + sugartop 20% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together19,212 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Papaya + sugartop 22% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together126 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).

Orange and sugar barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 19,212 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Papaya: Provides the main flavour and the smooth, pulpy body of the juice.
Orange juice: Adds liquid and sweetness, and rounds out the citrus flavour.
Lime juice: Adds acidity that brightens the flavour and balances the sweetness.
Sugar: Adds sweetness to balance the tartness of the lime juice.